Sport in Australia

24 Apr 2013

Veteran Brad Haddin said yesterday he never doubted he would play test cricket again and vowed to help instil the team spirit needed for Australia to win the Ashes series against England.

4:46AM

Wisden warns of 'routine' Ashes

11 Apr 2013

The 150th edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack published yesterday warned that the Ashes would be "stretched to their limit" as a result of numerous upcoming series between England and Australia...

4:29AM

Ponting and Hussey rule out return to troubled Australia for Ashes series

21 Mar 2013

Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey yesterday ruled out comebacks to the Australian test ranks for the Ashes tour of England after the team's troubled series in India. With Australia 3-0 down in India...

4:56AM

Australia hit crisis point after four players axed

13 Mar 2013

Vice-captain Shane Watson, James Pattinson, Usman Khawaja and Mitchell Johnson were all suspended for one test in what Australian media called "one of the most sensational days in Australian...

5:36AM

Asylum-seeker Fawad Ahmed seeks Ashes dream

7 Mar 2013

The 33-year-old leg-spinner took seven wickets on his Sheffield Shield debut for Victoria two weeks ago and will have another chance to shine against New South Wales at the Melbourne Cricket...

3:42AM

Dawn Fraser urges lifelong ban on Australian Olympic swimmers who used sleeping pills

1 Mar 2013

The much-vaunted Australian relay side, who talked themselves up as the "Weapons of Mass Destruction" but failed to make a podium finish, confessed to taking Stilnox - banned by Australian team...

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

3:37AM

Doping widespread in Australian sport, says probe

The Australian Crime Commission released the findings of "Project Aperio" on Thursday, saying there was evidence of at least one potential case of match-fixing, widespread use of prohibited...

4:37AM

Warne wants Fleming to coach Aussies

Shane Warne, who said he was "frustrated on many levels at present", praised Fleming as "the best opposition captain we played against" on his website.

4:26AM

Australia restricted to their lowest ODI score since 1977 by Sri Lanka's swing

Sri Lanka found prodigious swing yesterday to shoot out Australia for 74 runs, the hosts' lowest one-day international total in 27 years, and take a 2-1 series lead.

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Brisbane International

Serena Williams expected to dominate at Brisbane tournament

American superstar Serena Williams has played down concerns about recent foot surgery as she looks to continue her dominance of the women's game at next week's Brisbane International.

3:34AM

CRICKET

Sangakkara passes 10,000 test runs in Australia

Kumar Sangakkara helped lift some of the gloom of another underwhelming Sri Lanka first innings as the tourists faced a game of catch-up with Australia in the second Melbourne test yesterday.

4:30AM

CRICKET

Dilshan leads Sri Lanka cricket fightback

Tillakaratne Dilshan led a counter-attack with an gutsy century as Sri Lanka trailed Australia by 141 runs with two days to play in the Hobart test yesterday.

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